Winding machine



Nov. 11, 1952 "r. N. CARTER 2,617,608

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WINDING MACHINE Filed D86. 23, 1949 2 Sl-IEETS-SHEET 2 ITTUPNEY Patented Nov. 11, 1952 2,617,608 WINDING MACHINE Thomas N. Carter, Bayside, N. Y., assignor to Cameron Machine Company, Brooklyn, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application December 23, 194.9, ScrialNo.'134,752

7 Claims. l This invention relates to machines for winding webs of flexible material into rolls.

Machines for winding webs of flexible material commonly employ two surface winding rollers rothe material.

elevated position above .the winding rollers; and

Fig. 3 is-a perspective view showingthe relationship of one of the keepersto its controlling mechanism.

Referring to the drawing. the winding rollers tatable in the same direction and spaced apart 6 In and II are rotatably mounted inbearings'on for supporting'a core or a winding shaft in the the frame side members l2 and I3 in such a valley between the rollers. The winding rollers manner'as' to provide therebetween a valley for frictionally engage the surface of the flexible supporting the cylindrical winding shaft l4 and web on the winding shaft and cause the material the roll I5 of flexible materialwhich is wound to be accumulated thereon. A top-pressure suraround the winding shaft. The web of flexible face riding roller which rests upon the roll of material l6 (Fig. 2) is drawn from a supply material beingwound is usually employed to conspool (not shown) and travels over the guide trol the compactness of the roll of wound maroll ll, measuring roll [8, idling roll [9, winding terial and to otherwise assist in the winding of roller l0, and around the winding shaft Mton which the roll 15 is formed. A measuring clock Among the objects of the invention is to pro-' is driven from the measuring roll l8. The top vide mechanism for assuring that the roll of masurface riding roller 2| rests on top "of the material being wound on the winding shaft will be terial around the shaft I4 and cooperates with constrainedwithin the valley between the 'wind the winding rollers 10 and H in the winding of ing rollers as the winding operation proceeds and 20 the material. the'diameter of the roll being wound increases. The drive for the winding roller I0 is trans- To this end the mechanism of the present invenmitted from a power-driven shaft 22 (Fig. '2); tion includes a pair of keepers which are movthrough gears 23 and 24 to the shaft 25 (Fig. 1')", ably supported adjacent the'ends of thewinding which carries the winding roller l0. Thewinding shaft in such a manner as to overlap and tangen- 25 roller H on the shaft 26 is rotated from the wind tially engage the ends of the winding shaft during roller H] by gears 21, 28 and 29 intermediate ing a winding operation and so prevent the wind the two winding roller shafts, Fig. 1. The two ing shaft from being laterally displaced from its winding rollers are driven at the same surface upward path of travel during a winding operavelocity and in the same direction. tion, and which are adapted to be moved in di- 30 The riding roller' 2| is'driven from the shaft rections endwise of the winding shaft in order 25 through a sprocket'and chain connection3ll, to permit the withdrawal of the roll of material a friction. disk 3|, a sprocket and chain connecand theshaft when a winding operation has been tion 32, the shaft 33 and gearing 3'4 which is dicompleted. The winding machine illustrated in rectly connected to drive the riding roller shaft the drawings has a pivot shaft with arms which 35 35. The winding rollers 10 and II and the rid guide-a riding roller as the riding roller rests on ing roller 2i all' rotate clockwise, Fig. 2; The the roll of material. Means controlled by the riding roller 2| is supported in bearings carried pivot shaft are provided for positioning the by a pair of arms 36,31, which are secured to :a keepers in overlapping relationship with the ends rotatable pivot shaft 38. of the winding shaft when the riding roller is 40 While manually. operable mechanism maybe lowered onto the winding shaft preliminarily to used for raising and lowering the riding roller a winding operation, and .for moving the keepbetween winding operations the use of power for ers out of overlapping relationship with the ends performing these functions is highly desirable. of the winding shaft when the riding roller is The power drive illustrated in the drawing cornraised at the conclusion of a winding operation. prises a standard reversible motor and speed re 'Anembodiment of the invention is illustrated in ducing unit 39 (Fig. 1), whose operation is conthe accompanying drawing in which, trolled by a reversible switch (not:shown) which Fig. 1 is a view in plan showing an applicais manually operable to control the direction of tion of the mechanism of the present invention rotationof the motor. The speed reducing mechto a winding machine in which a winding shaft is anism provides for high reduction of speed and is illustrated as resting on a pair of winding rollers; capable of being driven only from the motor.

Fig. 2"ls an elevation of themachine as viewed This power unit drives a shaft '40 which is confrom the'right end of Fig. 1 and illustrating a roll nectable to the pivot shaft 38 by a one-way or of material supporting the winding shaft in an over-running clutch 4| by which the ridingroll'er 2| is raised-when the shaft 40 is rotated clockwise (Fig. 2), and is allowed to lower under the pull of gravity when the shaft 40 is rotated counterclockwise.

The pivot shaft 38 is rotatably supported in bearings 42 and 43 carried by the side frame members of the machine. The pressure which the riding roller 2| exerts on the roll of material being wound is a function of the resultant moment of the pivot shaft system which is affected by all devices secured to the pivot shaft. In the machine illustrated the resultant moment may be varied by variably locating a bar 44 with respect to the aXis of the pivot shaft. The bar is adjustably supported from the pivot shaft by the arms 45 and 46.

At the beginning of a winding operation the winding shaft I4 is located between the winding rollers 10 and II as illustrated in Fig. l, and is engaged by the leading edge of the web of material to be wound. The riding roller is then lowered and allowed to rest upon the winding shaft .and the winding rollers are then rotated until a roll of material is produced. .So .much of a winding machine haslbeen described'as to pro vide' anunderstanding of the relationship of the present invention thereto. The windin machine is more fully-described in the copending United States Patent applications Serial No. 134,751, filed December 23, l'94'9,'and Serial No. 134,753, filed December 23, 1949, now Patent No. 2,579,791 ofDecember 25, 1951.

.Extendingupwardly from the frames 12 and 13 of "the machine there are provided two vertical standards *41 and 48, 1, which are located,

respectively, opposite each end of the Valley bei tween the winding rollers II] and I l. The standards are spaced apart a distance equal to the lengthof "the'win'ding shaft 14 and provide abutments for preventing longitudinal movement of the shaft.

' .The standards 47 and 48 carry complementary keepers '49 and '50, respectively, as best seen in Figs. '2.and 3, :eachof which has a vertical guiding surface 5| so disposed as to prevent the winding shaft I4 from. moving laterally over the windingrol-ler In during a winding operation. Since the winding rollers '10 and H are driven in the clockwise direction, 2, the roll of material I5 is influenced to move forwardly over the roller 10 owing to'its'reaction. Because of this it is necessary to prevent deviation of the winding shaft from its'upward pathof travel only in one direction.

Each Zkeeper is in the form :of a bar or plate whosefmovements are controlled by cam means such as a series of inclined slots 52 which are engagedby stud :screws "53 fastened to the .front face of "the standardover which the keeper is slidable. The relationship of the slots and stud screws .is such that a keeper will slide to a position'iuwhi'ch it will overlap. and tangentially engageth'eendwof the winding shaft 14 unless it is .restrainedfrom doing .so. When the keeper is lifted'thestud-screws and the slots direct the movement of the keeper away from overlapping relationship'with the end of the windingshaft. Ea'chkeeper'is provided with a lug54by which the keeper may be lifted to effect its withdrawal from overlapping relationship with the end of the winding shaft M. The two keepers are similarly constructedbut are so related to their respectivestandards t! and 48 as to be movable towardsandaway from each other and endwise of :the :shaft 14.

There. are "two similar mechanisms for controlling the positions of the two keepers, one of which includes a lever 55 and the other of which includes a lever 56. It will suffice to describe one of said mechanisms. The lever 56, Figs. 1 and 2, has an arm 51 which is pivotally mounted on a shaft 58 supported by a bearing 59. A finger 60 at the front end of the lever extends to the underside of the lug 54 of the keeper. An arm BI is carried by the shaft 58 and extends rearwardly of the pivot shaft 38. The pivot shaft 38 carries a bracket *52 and an adjustable screw 63 Y which extends downwardly for engaging with the arm 6| when the pivot shaft 38 is rotated clockwise, Fig. 2. The screw 53 constitutes an adjustable stop by which the timing of the initiation of the movement of the lever 56 is determinable. The adjusted position of the screw '63 is such that it will come into contact with the arm 6| and raise the arm 51 and thereby displace the keeper over the front face of its supporting standard and away from overlapping relationship with the --end of the winding shaft when the riding roller 2| has been raised a predetermined distance as shown in Fig. 2.

There is a lever and associated controlling mechanism at each end of the machine for controlling the movements of the two keepers adjacent the opposite ends of the winding shaft. When the pivot shaft is rotated and the riding roller 2| has been elevated "to a predetermined position (Fig. 2),, the two -keepers are lifted and, at the same time, are moved beyond the ends of the'winding shaft l4. With the keepers in these positions the winding shaft and the roll of material accumulated thereon may be rolled over the winding roller l0 and onto the platform 64.

Manual lifting of the roll from the rollers H] and H is rendered unnecessary and saving in time in removing the -roll and in placing a winding shaft for another winding operation is attained by the mechanism of the present invention.

A fresh winding shaft may be readily placed over the rollers I0 and I! while the keepers are held clear'of the facin surfaces of the standards 4'! and 58. Upon lowering the riding roller 2| into contact with the winding shaft, the levers 5'5 and '55 are relieved from support by the screws 63 and the keepers immediately drop and slide edgewise into tangential engagement with the ends of the winding shaft.

The platform 64 is supported by a pair of brackets 65, one at each end of themachine. The brackets have slots 66 which are engaged by studs 61 and 58 and the slots are so shaped as to enable tilting of the platform to different positions. By fastening the platform in a rearwardly tipped position the slitting mechanism 69 comprising a slitting disk 10 is made accessible to an operator. The operation of the machine will be apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the foregoing disclosure.

The principle of the invention, together with mechanism considered to represent the best embodiment of the invention which has been contemplated, has been described, but it is desired that it be understood that the mechanism disclosed is only illustrative and that the invention can @be carried out by other means within the scope of the appended claims. While it is proposed to use the various features and elements in the combinations and relationships"described, some of these may beialtered and others omitted without departing from the invention.

I '5 What is claimed is: v

1. Ina winding machine having a winding shaft to frictionally driven by means that engage, the surface of a roll of flexible material accumulated thereon, two surface winding rollers irotatable in the same direction and spaced apart to support said roll in the valley between them,

surfaces of said shaft for preventing lateral deviation of said shaft from the upward path of travel thereof, and means for moving said last-named means towards each other and into overlapping relationshipTwith said winding shaft when moved in one direction, and away from each other and out of overlapping relationship with said winding shaft when moved in another direction.

2. In a winding machine having a winding shaft to be frictionally driven by means that engage the' surface of a roll of flexible material accumulated thereon, two surface Winding rollers rotatable in the same direction and spaced ifs rotated in one direction and for moving said keepers outof overlapping relationship with the ends of said winding shaft when said pivot shaft is rotated in the other direction.

' 4. The combination set forth in claim 3 in which the means controlled by said pivot shaft for moving said keepers comprise pivoted levers, each lever having an arm adapted to engage one of .said keepers, and means carried by said pivot shaft for engaging said levers to cause them to move said keepers out of overlapping relationship with the ends of said winding shaft when 'said pivot shaft has been rotated a predetermined distance in one direction'and to cause faces tangentially engageable with cylindrical movementthereof while permitting said shaft to 7 travel upwardly from said winding rollers, means located adjacent the ends of said winding shaft and tangentially engageable with cylindrical surfaces of said shaft for preventing lateral deviation of said shaft from the upward path of travel thereof, a; pivot shaft, and means controlled by said pivot shaft for moving said last-named means towards each other and into overlapping relationship with said winding shaft when said pivot shaft is rotated in one direction and for moving said last-named means beyond the ends of said winding shaft when said pivot shaft is rotated in the opposite direction.

3. In a winding machine having a winding shaft to be frictionally driven by means that engage the surface of a roll of flexible material accumulated thereon, two surface winding;rollers rotatable in the same direction and spaced apart to'support said roll in the valley between them, and means for driving at least one of said winding rollers to cause flexible material to be accumulated on said winding shaft, the combination comprising a pair of vertically extending standards, said standards being spaced apart and located'opposite the ends of said winding shaft to restrain longitudinal movement of said winding shaft, keepers carried by said standards and engageable in overlap-ping relationship with the ends of said winding shaft, means carried by said standards for limiting the movements of said keepers into and out of overlapping relationship with the ends of said winding shaft, a pivot shaft, and nieans for controlling the positions of said keepers, said last-named means being controlled byv said pivot shaft for moving said saidwinding shaft when said pivot shaft is'rotated in the reverse directio'nl- 5. In a winding machineihaving a winding shaft to be frictionally driven by means that engage the surface of a roll of flexible material accumulated thereon, two surface winding rollers rotatable in the same direction and spaced apart to support said roll in the valley between them, and means for driving at least one of said winding rollers to cause flexible material to be accumulated on said winding shaft, the combination comprising a pair of vertically extending standards, said standards being spaced apart and located opposite the ends of said winding shaft to restrain longitudinal movement of said winding shaft, keepers engageable with cylindrical surfaces of said winding shaft, cam means for controlling the movements of said keepers in the longitudinal direction of said winding shaft, said cam means serving to directthe movements of said keepers away from each other and towards each other into engaging relationship with said winding shaft, a pair of levers, each lever having one end in contacting relationship with one of said keepers, a pivot shaft, a pair of stops carried by said pivot shaft, said stops being adapted to engage said levers when said pivot shaft has been rotated in one direction to a predetermined position and cause said cam means to move said keepers out of overlapping relationship with said winding shaft and to cause said cam means to move said keepers into overlapping relationship with winding shaft when said pivot shaft is rotated in the opposite direction.

6. In a winding machine having a winding shaft to be frictionally driven by means that engage the surface of a roll of flexible material accumulated thereon, two surface winding rollers rotatable in the same direction and spaced apart to support said roll in the valley between them, and means for driving at least one of said winding rollers to cause flexible material to be accumulated on said winding shaft, the combination comprising a pair of vertically extending standards, said standards being spaced apart and located opposite the ends of said winding shaft to restrain longitudinal movement of said winding shaft, keepers engageable with cylindrical surfaces of said winding shaft, cam means for controlling the movements of said keepers in the longitudinal direction ofsaid winding shaft, said cam means serving to direct the movement of ends of said winding shaft when said pivot shaft said keepers away from each other and out of engaging relationship with said winding shaft when .said keepers are elevated and moved towards each other into engaging relationship with said winding shaft when said keepers are lowered, and means for controllingthe movements of said keepers. V

=7. In a winding machine having a winding shaft to be frictionally driven by means that engage the surfaces of a roll of flexible material accumulated thereon, two surface winding rollers rotatable in the same direction and spaced apart to support said roll in the valley between them,

and means for driving at least one of said winding rollers to cause flexible material to be accumulated on said winding shaft, the combination comprising a pair of vertically disposed standards spaced apart and together providing guiding surfaces which engage said winding shaft and prevent axial movement thereof as said winding shaft is lifted by the material being wound thereon, means having substantially vertically disposed surfaces engageable with said winding shaft for restraining said winding shaft from moving in a. direction laterally to the vertical plane of travel of the axis of said winding shaft as determined by the continuing change of the di- 20 THOMAS N. CARTER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Number OClair Feb. 26, 1924 

